Poster advertising the Winter 1888-1889 timetable for the Orient Express

The Orient Express is the name of a long-distance passenger train originally operated by the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits. Its route has changed many times, and several routes have in the past concurrently used the name (or slight variants thereof). Although the original Orient Express was simply a normal international railway service, the name has become synonymous with intrigue and luxury travel. The two city names most intimately associated with the Orient Express are Paris and Istanbul, the original endpoints of the service. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... This article is about trains in rail transport. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Carlson Wagonlit. ... This article is about the capital of France. ... Istanbul (Turkish: , Greek: , historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see other names) is Turkeys most populous city, and its cultural and financial center. ...

The current Orient Express does not serve Paris or Istanbul. Its immediate predecessor, a through overnight service from Paris to Vienna ran for the very last time from Paris on Friday, 8 June 2007. Since then, the route, still called the "Orient Express", has been shortened to start from Strasbourg instead,^[1] occasioned by the inauguration of the LGV Est which affords much faster travel times from Paris to Strasbourg. The new curtailed service leaves Strasbourg at 22.20 daily, shortly after the arrival of a TGV from Paris, and is attached at Karlsruhe to the overnight sleeper service from Amsterdam to Vienna. This article is about the capital of France. ... For other uses, see Vienna (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Strasburg. ... The LGV Est européenne (sometimes referred to as TGV Est, or occasionally as TGV East in English) is an extension to the French high-speed TGV network, connecting Paris and Strasbourg. ... This article is about the capital of France. ... For other uses, see Strasburg. ... For other uses, see Strasburg. ... Karlsruhe (population 285,812 in 2006) is a city in the south west of Germany, in the Bundesland Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border. ... For other uses, see Amsterdam (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Vienna (disambiguation). ...

The original Orient Express

Historic routes of Orient Express

The original route, which first ran on October 4, 1883, was from Paris, Gare de l'Est, to Giurgiu in Romania via Munich and Vienna. At Giurgiu, passengers were ferried across the Danube to Rousse in Bulgaria to pick up another train to Varna, from where they completed their journey to Istanbul by ferry. In 1885, another route began operations, this time reaching Istanbul via rail from Vienna to Belgrade and Niš, carriage to Plovdiv and rail again to Istanbul. is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... This article is about the capital of France. ... An RER train at Gare de lEst. ... County Giurgiu County Status County capital Mayor Lucian Iliescu, National Liberal Party, since 2000 Population (2002) 73,586 Geographical coordinates , Web site http://www. ... For other uses, see Munich (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Vienna (disambiguation). ... This article is about the Danube River. ... Dohodno Zdanie is a theatre building which is considered a symbol of the city Rousse (also transliterated as Ruse or Russe; Bulgarian: ; formerly also Rustchuk) is the fifth-largest city in Bulgaria, with a population of 176,115. ... This article is about the city in Bulgaria. ... Istanbul (Turkish: , Greek: , historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see other names) is Turkeys most populous city, and its cultural and financial center. ... The ferryboat Dongan Hills, filled with commuters, about to dock at a New York City pier, circa 1945. ... For other uses, see Belgrade (disambiguation). ... Nis redirects here. ... Plovdiv (Bulgarian: ) is the second-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia, with a population of 343,662. ...

In 1889, the train's eastern terminus became Varna in Bulgaria, where passengers could take a ship to Istanbul. In 1889 the train began running non-stop all the way to Istanbul, which remained its easternmost stop until May 19, 1977. The eastern terminus was the Sirkeci Terminal by the Golden Horn. Ferry service from piers next to the terminal would take passengers across the Bosporus Strait to Haydarpaşa Terminal, the terminus of the Asian lines of the Ottoman railways. This article is about the city in Bulgaria. ... Istanbul (Turkish: , Greek: , historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see other names) is Turkeys most populous city, and its cultural and financial center. ... Sirkeci Train Station Sirkeci Terminal is a terminus main station of the Turkish State Railways (TCDD) in Sirkeci, on the European part of Istanbul, Turkey. ... Seraglio Point (Sarayburnu) on the Golden Horn as seen from Galata Tower, with the Sea of Marmara and the Princes Islands in the background, and Kadıköy (ancient Chalcedon) at left, on the Asian side Seraglio Point from Pera, with the Bosphorus at left, the entrance of the Golden... Fatih Sultan Mehmed Bridge over the Bosporus seen from over Rumelihisarı This article is about the strait; Bosphorus is also a Turkish Boğaziçi or İstanbul Boğazı) is a strait that separates the European part (Rumeli) of Turkey from its Asian part (Anadolu), connecting the Sea of Marmara (Marmara Denizi) with... HaydarpaÅŸa train station HaydarpaÅŸa train station HaydarpaÅŸa Terminal is a terminus main station of the Turkish State Railways (TCDD) in HaydarpaÅŸa close to Kadiköy at the Anatolian part of Istanbul, Turkey. ... Turkish Public Railways Logo Turkish State Railways (TCDD, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları) is the state corporation that operates the public railway system in Turkey. ...

World War One

The onset of World War I in 1914 saw Orient Express services suspended. They resumed at the end of hostilities in 1918, and in 1919 the opening of the Simplon Tunnel allowed the introduction of a more southerly route via Milan, Venice and Trieste. The service on this route was known as the Simplon Orient Express, and it ran in addition to continuing services on the old route. The Treaty of Saint-Germain contained a clause requiring Austria to accept this train: formerly, Austria allowed international services to pass through Austrian territory (which included Trieste at the time) only if they ran via Vienna. The Simplon Orient Express soon became the most important rail route between Paris and Istanbul. “The Great War ” redirects here. ... Simplon Pass (Italian: Sempione) is a mountain pass at 2,008 m (6,589 ft) in the Lepontine Alps between Switzerland and Italy. ... Type Anti-tank Nationality Joint France/Germany Era Cold War, modern Launch platform Individual, Vehicle Target Vehicle, Fortification History Builder MBDA, Bharat Dynamics (under license) Date of design 70s Production period since 1972 Service duration since 1972 Operators 41 countries Variants MILAN 1, MILAN 2, MILAN 2T, MILAN 3, MILAN... For other uses, see Venice (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Trieste (disambiguation). ... The Treaty of Saint-Germain, was signed on 10 September 1919 by the victorious Allies of World War I on the one hand and by the new republic of Austria on the other. ...

The heyday of the Orient Express

The 1930s saw the zenith of Orient Express services, with three parallel services running: the Orient Express, the Simplon Orient Express, and also the Arlberg Orient Express, which ran via Zurich and Innsbruck to Budapest, with sleeper cars running onwards from there to Bucharest and Athens. During this time, the Orient Express acquired its reputation for comfort and luxury, carrying sleeping-cars with permanent service and restaurant cars known for the quality of their cuisine. Royalty, nobles, diplomats, business people and the bourgeoisie in general patronized it. Each of the Orient Express services also incorporated sleeping cars which had run from Calais to Paris, thus extending the service right from one edge of continental Europe to the other. The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression, also known as the [[. In East Asia, the rise of militarism occurred. ... The Arlberg Railway, which connects the Austrian cities Innsbruck and Bludenz, is Austrias only east-west mountain railway. ... Location within Switzerland   Zürich[?] (German pronunciation IPA: ; usually spelled Zurich in English) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 366,145 in 2004; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of Zürich. ... Innsbruck is a city in western Austria, and the capital of the federal state of Tyrol. ... This article is about the capital of Greece. ... Cuisine (from French cuisine, cooking; culinary art; kitchen; ultimately from Latin coquere, to cook) is a specific set of cooking traditions and practices, often associated with a specific culture. ... Royalty may refer to either: the royal family of a country with a monarchy royalties the payment made to the owner of a copyright, patent, or trademark, for the use thereof This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Lords and Barons prove their Nobility by hanging their Banners and exposing their Coats-of-arms at the Windows of the Lodge of the Heralds. ... ... A businessperson (sometimes businessman, male; or businesswoman, female) is a generic term for someone who is employed at a profit-oriented enterprise, or more specifically, someone who is involved in the management (at any level) of a company. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Calais (Kales in Dutch) is a town in northern France, located at 50°57N 1°52E. It is in the département of Pas-de-Calais, of which it is a sous-préfecture. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...

World War Two

The start of the Second World War in 1939 again interrupted the service, which did not resume until 1945. During the war, the German Mitropa company had run some services on the route through the Balkans, but partisans frequently sabotaged the track, forcing a stop to this service. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... MITROPA is a catering company best known for having managed sleeping and dining cars of different German railroads for most of the 20th century. ... Balkan redirects here. ... Yugoslav Partisan Flag The Partisans (lat. ...

Following the end of the war, normal services resumed except on the Athens leg, where the closure of the border between Yugoslavia and Greece prevented services running. That border re-opened in 1951, but the closure of the Bulgaria-Turkey border from 1951 to 1952 prevented services running to Istanbul during that time. As the Iron Curtain fell across Europe, the service continued to run, but the Communist nations increasingly replaced the Wagon-Lits cars with carriages run by their own railway services. Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in the Latin alphabet, Југославија in Cyrillic; English: South Slavia, or literary The Land of South Slavs) describes three political entities that existed one at a time on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe, during most of the 20th century. ... Warsaw Pact countries to the east of the Iron Curtain are shaded red; NATO members to the west of it — blue. ... This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ...

Direct Orient Express

By 1962, the Orient Express and Arlberg Orient Express had stopped running, leaving only the Simplon Orient Express. This was replaced in 1962 by a slower service called the Direct Orient Express, which ran daily cars from Paris to Belgrade, and twice weekly services from Paris to Istanbul and Athens. The Arlberg Railway, which connects the Austrian cities Innsbruck and Bludenz, is Austrias only east-west mountain railway. ...

In 1971, the Wagon-Lits company stopped running carriages itself and making revenues from a ticket supplement. Instead, it sold or leased all its carriages to the various national railway companies, but continued to provide staff for the carriages. 1976 saw the withdrawal of the Paris-Athens direct service, and in 1977, the Direct Orient Express was withdrawn completely, with the last Paris-Istanbul service running on 19 May of that year.

The Orient Express today

The withdrawal of the Direct Orient Express was thought by many to signal the end of Orient Express as a whole, but in fact a service under this name continued to run from Paris to Budapest and Bucharest as before (via Strasbourg, Munich, and Budapest). This continued until 2001, when the service was cut back to just Paris-Vienna, the coaches for which are attached to the Paris-Strasbourg express. This service continued daily, listed in the timetables under the name Orient Express, until 8 June 2007. However, with the opening of the Paris-Strasbourg high speed rail line on 10 June 2007, the Orient Express service was further cut back to Strasbourg-Vienna, departing nightly at 22:20 from Strasbourg, and still bearing the name. It provides a convenient connection from the TGV arrival from Paris. Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the capital of France. ... For other uses, see Vienna (disambiguation). ... This article is about the capital of France. ... For other uses, see Strasburg. ... is the 159th day of the year (160th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... The LGV Est européenne (sometimes referred to as TGV Est, or occasionally as TGV East in English) is an extension to the French high-speed TGV network, connecting Paris and Strasbourg. ... is the 161st day of the year (162nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... For other uses, see Strasburg. ... For other uses, see Vienna (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Strasburg. ... For the group of heart conditions referred to as TGV, see Transposition of the great vessels. ... This article is about the capital of France. ...

One interesting feature of the current Orient Express train is its heterogeneous assembly of rolling stock coming from France, Germany, Austria, and previously, Hungary and Romania, which allowed people to easily compare the choices of these countries and to choose the one that suited them best. Of course, the sleeping car and the restaurant car previously belonging to the Compagnie Internationale de Wagons-Lits are sometimes there too.

Though the current service only runs from Strasbourg to Vienna, it is possible to retrace the entire original Orient Express route with four trains: Paris-Strasbourg, Strasbourg-Vienna, Vienna-Belgrade and Belgrade-Istanbul, each of which operate daily. Other routes from Paris to Istanbul also exist, such as Paris-Munich-Budapest-Bucharest-Istanbul, or Paris-Zurich-Belgrade-Istanbul, all of which have comparable travel times of approximately 60 hours without delays. For other uses, see Strasburg. ... For other uses, see Vienna (disambiguation). ... This article is about the capital of France. ... For other uses, see Strasburg. ... For other uses, see Vienna (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Belgrade (disambiguation). ... Istanbul (Turkish: , Greek: , historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see other names) is Turkeys most populous city, and its cultural and financial center. ... This article is about the capital of France. ... Istanbul (Turkish: , Greek: , historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see other names) is Turkeys most populous city, and its cultural and financial center. ... This article is about the capital of France. ... For other uses, see Munich (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Budapest (disambiguation). ... Nickname: Motto: Patria si Dreptul Meu (My Country and My Right) Location of Bucharest within Romania (in red) Coordinates: , Country County Founded 1459 (first official record) Government  - Mayor Adriean Videanu Area  - City 228 km² (88 sq mi)  - Metro 238 km² (91. ... Istanbul (Turkish: , Greek: , historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see other names) is Turkeys most populous city, and its cultural and financial center. ... This article is about the capital of France. ... Location within Switzerland   Zürich[?] (German pronunciation IPA: ; usually spelled Zurich in English) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 366,145 in 2004; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of Zürich. ... For other uses, see Belgrade (disambiguation). ... Istanbul (Turkish: , Greek: , historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see other names) is Turkeys most populous city, and its cultural and financial center. ...

Privately run trains using the name

In 1982, the Venice-Simplon Orient Express was established as a private venture, running restored 1920s and 1930s carriages from London to Venice. This service runs between March and November, and is firmly aimed at leisure travellers, with tickets costing over £1,200 per person from London to Venice. Currently (October 2007) the company also offer occasional services between Venice and Istanbul, as well as routes to other European cities. The company also offer similarly-themed Expresses in Malaysia/Thailand and across Australia. Venice-Simplon Orient Express is the name given to the private railway company operating luxury train services across Europe using the name Orient Express. ...

The American Orient Express operates in the western United States as well as parts of Canada and Mexico. It is advertised as a sort of combination of a cruise ship and a five-star hotel. It has recently changed its name to GrandLuxe Rail Journeys. A cruise ship or a cruise liner is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ships amenities are considered an essential part of the experience. ... For other uses, see Hotel (disambiguation). ...

The longest train journey ever made in history

On September of 1988, the Venice-Simplon Orient Express set a world record for the longest train journey ever made. At the persuasion of a Japanese film crew to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Fuji Television, the Oriental Express made its way from France to Hong Kong non-stop. [1] Venice-Simplon Orient Express is the name given to the private railway company operating luxury train services across Europe using the name Orient Express. ...

The Orient Express in popular culture

Agatha Christie's room at the Hotel Pera Palas in Istanbul where she wrote Murder on the Orient Express.

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The Orient Express in literature

• Murder on the Orient Express (January 1934) by Agatha Christie as well as the short story Have You Got Everything You Want?, first published in the US in the April 1933 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine and in the UK as On the Orient Express in Nash's Pall Mall Magazine in June 1933, before reverting back to its original title when published as part of the collection Parker Pyne Investigates in November 1934.
• Stamboul Train by Graham Greene
• Flashman and the Tiger by George MacDonald Fraser: Sir Harry Paget Flashman travels on the train's first journey as a guest of the journalist Henri Blowitz.
• From Russia with Love by Ian Fleming

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The Orient Express on film

• Orient Express (1934): film adaptation of Graham Greene's Stamboul Train.
• Orient Express (1944): Germany; released on March 8, 1945, likely the last date a new movie was shown in Nazi Germany.
• Death, Deceit and Destiny Aboard the Orient Express' (2000)
• Around the World in 80 Days (2004): Mr. Fogg rides aboard the train to Istanbul.
• From Russia with Love (1963): James Bond's troubled escape in is also set aboard the train.
• Murder on the Orient Express (1974) and (2001): Film adaptations of the Agatha Christie novel.
• Romance on the Orient Express (1985): TV movie with Cheryl Ladd.
• 102 Dalmatians (2000)

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The Orient Express on television

• Mystery on the Orient Express: a television special featuring illusionist David Copperfield (illusionist). During the special, Copperfield rode aboard the train and, at its conclusion, made the dining car seemingly disappear.
• Minder on the Orient Express: a special episode of the long-running ITV sit-com.
• Gavin Stamp's Orient Express: in 2007 UK's Five broadcast an arts/travel series which saw the historian journey from Paris to Istanbul along the old Orient Express route.
• Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Emergence": the train appears on the Enterprise's holodeck.
• In the British soap opera EastEnders, in 1986, characters Den and Angie Watts spent their honeymoon on the train. It was also where it was revealed that Angie was lying about her illness, preceding the ultimate storyline in Christmas 1986.^{[citation needed]}
• Aboard the Orient Express Get Smart Series 1 - Episode 13 set on the Orient Express. However filmed on set.
• On an epsiode of the Backyardigans, Austin is after Pablo, and most of it is on the Orient Express. The episode is a parody of Murder on the Orient Express.

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The Orient Express in games and cartoons

The role-playing game Call of Cthulhu RPG used the train for one its more famous scenariaos. The Orient Express also plays host to an adventure game by Jordan Mechner: The Last Express is a murder mystery game which is set around the last ride of the Orient Express before it suspended operations at the start of World War I. The 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon spent the best part of an episode on the train. In 1994's Season 1 episode of Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego? called, "The Gold Old Bad Days", Carmen Sandiego and her V.I.L.E. gang are give a challenge to do something low tech by The Player robbery. Carmen's goal is the train. In the Lord Darcy alternate history series of detective stories, one story takes place on board a fictional train clearly modeled in the Orient Express, though its name and route are different. The train is also featured in Microsoft Train Simulator, where its route is a 101 km (63 mile) section from Innsbruck to St. Anton in Austria. Call of Cthulhu is a horror fiction role-playing game based on the story of the same name written by H.P. Lovecraft and the so-called Cthulhu Mythos the story inspired. ... This article is about games in which one plays the role of a character. ... Jordan Mechner (born 1960s) is a recognized figure in the video game industry as a visionary game designer. ... The Last Express is a video game created by Jordan Mechner and Smoking Car Productions, published in 1997. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (known as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Germany and Sweden) is an American animated television series, produced by Fred Wolf Films and Murakami-Wolf-Swenson, Inc. ... Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego? was a Saturday morning cartoon show based on the Carmen Sandiego series of edutainment computer games. ... Carmen Sandiego is a fictional character featured in a long-running edutainment series of the same name. ... Lord Darcy is a detective in an alternate history, created by Randall Garrett. ... Alternative history or alternate history can be: A History told from an alternative viewpoint, rather than from the view of imperialist, conqueror, or explorer. ... Detective fiction is a branch of crime fiction that centres upon the investigation of a crime, usually murder, by a detective, either professional or amateur. ... Microsoft Train Simulator (known in the Train Simulator community also as simply MSTS 1) is a train simulator for Microsoft Windows, released in July 2001 and developed by UK based Kuju Entertainment. ... Innsbruck is a city in western Austria, and the capital of the federal state of Tyrol. ... Sankt Anton am Arlberg is a village in Tyrol, western Austria, with a population of c. ...

Bibliography

• Orient Express: The Life and Times of the World's Most Famous Train by E H Cookridge.^[2] .

See also

• Famous trains
• The Last Express
• Starlight Express

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References

1. ^ 'hidden europe' magazine e-news Issue 2007/15 (English) (2007-06-07). Retrieved on 2007-06-07.
2. ^ Detail from a copy of the first publication of the book with black and white plates by Allen Lane London in 1979 with an ISBN 0 7139 1271 7

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